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Outspoken about Ferguson, Jesse Williams may be this generation’s Harry Belafonte

Courier Newsroom - August 21, 2014

(The Washington Post) -There are many ways to get celebrity activism wrong when it comes to a situation like the one that has emerged...

National News

Holder brings his civil rights push to Ferguson

Courier Newsroom - August 19, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) - Eric Holder talks about the nation's civil rights struggles in a way no previous U.S. attorney general could - by telling...

Opinion/Forum

Guest Editorial…Vigilantly await justice for shooting

Courier Newsroom - August 19, 2014

Amid calls for calm after nights of protests and unrest, tensions remain high in a St. Louis suburb where an unarmed African-American teenager was...

National News

For Obama, pitfalls and power in addressing race

Courier Newsroom - August 14, 2014

EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — For President Barack Obama, the intersection of race and the law has revealed both the pitfalls and the power of...

National News

A look at other racially charged killings in US

Courier Newsroom - August 12, 2014

CHICAGO (AP) — In the wake of the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Black teen in suburban St. Louis, civil-rights groups and a...

National News

Police: Black teen shot in Missouri was unarmed

Courier Newsroom - August 10, 2014

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — An unarmed 18-year-old Black man was shot and killed by police in suburban St. Louis after an altercation that involved...

National News

Blacks continue to fight for justice a year after Zimmerman verdict

Courier Newsroom - July 22, 2014

The word stunned might best describe how U.S. citizens, particularly Blacks, felt after hearing that a six-member jury, following two days of deliberation in...

National News

Judge tosses Zimmerman's lawsuit against NBC

Courier Newsroom - June 30, 2014

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge on Monday dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed by George Zimmerman against NBC and three reporters, saying the...

National News

Men want ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ expanded to include Black females

Courier Newsroom - May 29, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – More than 200 African American men, ranging from a taxi driver to university professors, sent a letter to President Obama...

Sports

Mark Cuban apologizes to Trayvon Martin family

Courier Newsroom - May 22, 2014

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban apologized Thursday to Trayvon Martin's family over his choice of words in a videotaped interview in which he addressed...

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